An Riocht / Kingdom Youth Club

This Weeks Activities:

Tuesday 12th 10.30am Visit to Cadet Karting at Gosford. 6.30pm U14 camogie practice. 7pm U12 football practice at Dunavil. 7.30pm U16 Football v Annaderg. 8.30pm Senior Summer Scheme ‘Blood, Sweat & Beers’ – how drinking effects sporting performance & Pizza Night with Lucinda.
Wednesday 13th 11am Minor Games & Team Challenge. 1.30pm Sing Star Party. 6.30pm U12 Camogie An Riocht v Clonduff. 7.30pm U8 & U10 football practice at Dunavil. 7.30pm U18 Football An Riocht v Mayobridge.
Thursday 14th 11am Visit to Omniplex. 6.30pm U14 camogie practice. 7pm NCFE Level One certificate in Drug Awareness course. 7.30pm U14 Football An Riocht v Bosco
Friday 15th 7pm Senior Football Championship at Dunavil Atticall v Burren.
Saturday 16th U10 Camogie Blitz in Liatroim. U10 Football in Warrenpoint.
Sunday 17th 11am U12 Football Banbridge v An Riocht. 1.45pm Junior Camogie Final An Riocht v Longstone in Castlewellan.7pm Senior Football Championship An Riocht v Kilcoo in Clonduff.
Monday 18th 10.30am Visit to W5 Dinomania and Din Detectives workshop at the Odyssey. Places must be booked by 14th August. 9pm Lotto draw
Tuesday 19th 11am Arts & Crafts. 1pm PS2 FIFA Tournament. 6.30pm U14 camogie practice. 7pm U12 football practice. 7.30pm U16 Football An Riocht v Drumgath. 8pm Senior Summer Scheme (aged13+) Uganda Trip slide show & Arts Council DVD ice cream night.
Wednesday 20th 10.30am Visit to Croke Park Museum & Stadium Tour. Places must be booked by 15th August. 7.30pm U8 & U10 football practice at Dunavil. 7.30pm U18 Football An Riocht v Clonduff.
Thursday 21st 11am End of Junior Summer Scheme Talent Show & BBQ. 8pm Senior Summer Scheme (aged13+) James Bond Poker Night ‘Chips and Cocktails’.

* Week Four of the Junior Summer Scheme was completed with visits to Belfast Zoo and Lagan Valley Waterplex and centre based activities including It’s Magic workshop, Junior Table Quiz and DVD popcorn and ice cream party.

* In the Senior Summer Scheme there were visits to Bowling at the Olympia and to the Odyssey Cinema.
* The Jim Mulholland Cup U10 11-a-side football tournament at Dunavil which was postponed due to Downs Qualifier game at Croke Park will now take place on Saturday 30th August.
* There will be a Senior Residential in Fermanagh at the end of the month. Places are filling up quickly. See Lisa at the Youth Club if interested.
* The Senior Football match v Loughinisland at Dunavil finished in a draw. An Riocht got off to a good start leading three nil early on and responded to a Loughinisland rally with the first goal. An all too rare early ball in was flicked to the net by John Clarke and An Riocht led 1-4 to 0-3. However by the break there were only two points between the teams. An Riocht stretched that to four points by the three quarter mark but four visitors points leveled and were followed by a Gareth Johnstone goal as An Riocht faded in midfield and struggled to cope with substitute Johnstones height and strength up front. A goal behind Aidan Cunningham pulled a point back and then Paddy Cole punched to the net leaving Island to grab a late equalizer. Scorers P Cole 1-3, J Clarke 1-2, A Cunningham 0-2, J Cunningham 0-2, J Colgan 0-1. Best wishes to Paul for a speedy recovery from a nasty facial injury.
* In the Seconds football match v Clonduff at Dunavil, An Riocht recorded a good win by 1-12 to 0-9. An Riocht led two nil early on but allowed Clonduff break from defence and go six four ahead before steadying things by the break and finishing the half on level terms, 0-6 apiece. On the restart An Riocht carried the game to Clonduff and led throughout the half though Gavin made a couple of good saves and Jim and Sean both took the ball off the line on separate occasions. The introduction of Gary Cunningham and Paddy Gartland made a big difference to An Riochts fortunes with Gary winning lots of ball in the middle third and Paddy always showing for the ball in attack and capping a good display with a well taken goal after great persistence to win the ball in the first place.
Team G Finnegan S McArdle M Rodgers C Doyle D Sherry 0-1 J Clarke P Sherry 0-1 B Sloan F Doyle 0-4 N McArdle 0-2 S Clarke D Doyle 0-1 A O’Hanlon J Cunningham 0-2 C Sloan. Subs G Cunningham for C Sloan, P Gartland 1-1 for A O’Hanlon, D Flanagan for J Cunningham, R Cunningham for C Doyle.
* The Thirds footballers entertained Rostrevor at Dunavil on Sunday.
* At the U18 football in Burren the teams were level at half time 2-6 apiece with Paddy Gartland scoring both An Riocht majors. By the finish Burren had edged the result 4-8 to 2-9.
* In the U14 football match v Warrenpoint at Dunavil An Riocht won a high scoring affair with scores from Adam White 5-1, Ronan McAlinden 1-5, Kevin Sloan 1-4, Conor Morgan 1-3, Declan Doyle 1-3, Aidan Donnelly 1-2, John O’Rourke 1-0.
* At the U12 Football in Mitchels An Riocht retained their unbeaten record by virtue of a 5-10 to 3-3 victory. At half time An Riocht led 2-5 to 0-1 and though Mitchels put it up them on the restart, after the second thirty minutes An Riocht had still outscored them by three points for an overall thirteen point success. Everyone got a game. Team and scorers Stephen Doran Ryan Mathews 0-1 Kory Colgan Ben Rafferty Aidan Sloan Stephen McDowell Andrew Harper Nathan McComiskey 0-1 John Paul Farrell Deaglan Morgan 2-1 Michael O’Rourke 2-4 Stephen Flood 0-2 Darragh Campbell 1-1 Larry Shields Jason Farrell Christopher Morgan Michael Harper.
* The Division Two & Division Four Camogie Championship Finals will be held at Dunavil on Sunday 24 August at 2pm and 3.30pm respectively.

* The pitch at Dunavil hosted a camogie match on Saturday between An Riocht, Junior Championship finalists, and Newton Country Day School of Boston Massachusetts who are currently on a visit to Ireland. Patricia Clarke, chair An Riocht Camogie, made a presentation to Molly Tilton and Erin Brien joint captains of the Newton team.

* At the Castlewellan U12 tournament An Riocht exited at the semi final stage. Before that we beat Mayobridge 2-4 to 1-4 (they went on to win the cup), beat Liatroim 3-3 to 1-7 (they went on to win the Shield), lost to Carryduff 1-7 to 3-2 and beat Burren 0-9 to 0-7. In the semi final against Bryansford the teams finished level at 1-5 each, then 2-5 each after extra time before An Riocht lost out in a penalty shoot out.


* At Longstone U8 Tournament also on Saturday An Riocht reached the final. In the group stages An Riocht played Clonduff, Glasdrumman, Longstone, Atticall and Bryansford. In the semis hosts Longstone were beaten again but in the final a penalty goal swung the result in Atticalls favour. Well done to all the boys. Team Eoin Sloan Ronan Campbell Caomhan Campbell Paddy McComiskey Phillip Curran Ryan Prichard Conal Baldwin Matthew Carvill Fianna Baldwin Cormac Hardy Michael Greenan Ross Colgan Corey McCormack.